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BFD Arson Division
 
  BFD Arson Statistics
 
Arson is the leading cause of fire property damage in the United States and is responsible for over 500 deaths each year (FEMA, 1998). In 1997, the FBI reported an average arson rate of 41 per 100,000 population. In this same year, the City of Bakersfield reported an arson rate of 71 per 100,000 population . This rate is 73% above the national average and continues to grow.
 
  BFD Arson Units
 

Three BFD Captains are assigned to the Arson Division and conduct arson investigations. Their arrest rate is typically 16% above the national average. In 1998, they participated in a four-month multi-agency task force leading to the arrest of a suspect considered to be responsible for over 25 local brush fires that threatened structures in the City's urban-interface areas.

 
  BFD Arson Investigations & Arrests

 

  2007
2006
2005
2004
2004

2002
2001

2000

1999

1998

Total Incendiary Fires

 164 200
190
180
177

150
244

135

115

150

Number of Incendiary Fires
Resulting in Arrests

 32 51
30
22
52

15
50

32

29

13

Convictions Secured

 19 32
17
33
40

9
19

9

14

5
 
  Mailing Address

Bakersfield FIRE Department, Arson Division
2101 H Street
Bakersfield, California 93301

 
  
 
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